Moderator Vacancy Investigation: misc.industry.insurance
Alexander Bartolich
moderated group misc.industry.insurance
This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup misc.industry.insurance is not functioning,
and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).
This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function,
and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and instal-
lation of a new moderator. In practice, the Big-8 Management Board
considers the third alternative--changing the status of the group from
moderated to unmoderated--as likely to cause more harm than good.
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.
insu...@toast.org
(generated from misc-indust...@moderators.isc.org)
retry time not reached for any host after a long failure period
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
misc.industry.insurance General forum for all insurance issues. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
misc.industry.insurance
CHARTER OF MISC.INDUSTRY.INSURANCE
The scope of the proposed group misc.industry.insurance should
cover basically all insurance related issues which could include,
but are not limited to the following:
* underwriting
* actuarial
* claims
* information technology in insurance
* broking
* reinsurance
It is hoped that the group would lean towards the discussion
of general day-to-day business and away from, for example,
protracted discussions on the finer details of a particular
actuarial equation. Moderation would only cut in when the
subject no longer relates directly to insurance though. As
well as being a forum to discuss specific issues, this group
will also act as an arena in which to simply make contact with
other insurance professionals. The moderation for this group
will exist *solely* to filter out the totally off-topic posts,
and will not judge on insurance related content.
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
misc.industry.insurance is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 147:24 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 3 Jan 1996.
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
Those who wish to comment on this moderator vacancy investigation should
subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant
threads in that newsgroup.
To this end, the followup header of this MVI has been set to
news.groups.proposals.
For more information on the MVI process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-01-17 Probe post
2010-01-24 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
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Alexander Bartolich
moderated group misc.industry.insurance
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated
newsgroup misc.industry.insurance.
RATIONALE:
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
misc.industry.insurance
CHARTER OF MISC.INDUSTRY.INSURANCE
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should
subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads
in that newsgroup.
To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to
news.groups.proposals.
In the course of the removal process four formal announcements are posted
(MVI, 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and LCC), each taking two weeks. At the end of the
process the B8MB will vote on the issue.
Available options for misc.industry.insurance are:
- leave the group as it is
- remove the group
For more information on the MVI process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-01-17 Probe post
2010-01-24 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2010-02-06 1st RFD
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Alexander Bartolich
RATIONALE:
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
misc.industry.insurance
CHARTER OF MISC.INDUSTRY.INSURANCE
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-02-21 2nd RFD
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Big-8 Management Board
RATIONALE:
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
misc.industry.insurance
CHARTER OF MISC.INDUSTRY.INSURANCE
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-03-07 LCC
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Big-8 Management Board
misc.industry.insurance will be removed
The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2010-03-07 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following this comment period, the Big-8
Management Board has decided by vote to remove moderated group
misc.industry.insurance.
Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 9-0-0
RATIONALE:
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
misc.industry.insurance
CHARTER OF MISC.INDUSTRY.INSURANCE
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-01-17 Probe post
2010-01-24 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2010-02-06 1st RFD
2010-02-21 2nd RFD
2010-03-07 LCC
2010-03-19 RESULT
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